I Asked a Coworker to Pretend to Be My Boyfriend at My Ex-Husband’s Wedding, but He Teased Me and Said, ‘No One Would Date You’ – So My Fake Date Wiped the Smile off His Face

His smile disappeared.

“Mine,” Edward said.

Max looked at him.

Then at the trousers.

“Those?”

“Those.”

I stared too.

Edward took them from him.

“I used to wear these.”

Edward took them from him.

Max gave a confused laugh.

“Okay.”

“I was a lot heavier.”

“So?”

Edward looked at me.

“Veronica knows.”

I frowned.

“I do?”

“I was a lot heavier.”

“About three years ago, before we were friends, somebody brought birthday cake into the office.”

I remembered.

Barely.

Edward had been standing near the break room.

He’d refused a piece.

Edward had been standing near the break room.

“People who look like me don’t need cake,” he’d said.

I’d been having a terrible week with Max.

So I’d answered without thinking.

“Funny. My husband talks about me like that.”